Trail Forum 2024 Registration

Agenda

8:00 – 9:00      Check-in

8:30 – 9:00       Optional Networking in Lowrance Room

9:00 – 9:45      Welcome 

• Leslie Johnson, Chair of the Board, Carolina Thread Trail/Catawba Lands Conservancy
• Presenting Sponsor Remarks – Beth Poovey, PLA, ASLA, Principal, LandDesign
• Updates from Great Trails State Coalition (GTSC), Palmer McIntyre, Coordinator, GTSC
• Advancing Carolina Thread Trail in 2024 – Bret Baronak, Director, Carolina Thread Trail

9:45 – 10:00    Break

10:00 – 11:00 Concurrent Session #1

• Innovative Methods for Utilizing Data: Predicting Active Mobility Volumes Combining Network Analysis including AI-optimization and Creating a Comprehensive and Defensible Economic Impact Analysis  [PENC approved]
• Send It! Building Mecklenburg County’s First MTB Trails and Bicycle Parks Plan
• Planning for the Future of Trail Ecosystems

11:00 – 11:15  Break

11:15 – 12:15  Concurrent Session #2

• Navigating the Permitting Process – Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR): The Middle Fork Greenway at Tweetsie Railroad  [PENC approved]
• Creative Approaches to Bicycle and Pedestrian Provisions: Town of Mathews, Crestdale Heritage Multi-Use Path, Advisory Shoulder/On-Street Mural [PENC approved]
• Building Trails while Building the Next Generation – Conservation Corps 101

12:15 – 2:00    Lunch and Keynote – Lowrance Room

• Awards – Volunteer of the Year and Trail Champion of the Year
• Keynote: Crossing Bridges, A Trek of Transition  –  What Biking Up the East Coast Taught Me About Life After 60

2:00 – 2:15      Break

2:15 – 3:15      Concurrent Session #3

• Panel: Creeks, Trails and Community Stewart Creek Greenway and Stream Rehabilitation [PENC approved]
• Keep Gastonia Beautiful: Community Engagement through Citizen-based Science
• Trails to Equity: The East Greensboro Greenway Feasibility Study

3:15 – 3:30      Closing and Raffle